PinoyEntrep.com - Thoughts, Feedbacks and Suggestions
I’ve recently started on another web project of mine which is quite close to my heart. Its a site called PinoyEntrep.com which aims to give web exposure to small and micro entrepreneurs and their products/services.
Its a project which I had in mind back when I was in my practicum period for DLSU’s Entrep program. As Entrepreneurship students, we had to come up with our own innovative product, create a business plan and run the company for a year. It was hard relying on the 1 week bazaars alloted for the Practi 1, 2 and 3 companies since its not enough to sell everything we had, and it certainly wan’t enough time to get people to see our product. Also it was hard finding interested people outside the campus since we have regular classes so really going out and selling around was hard.
I don’t have many connections and the site is really new, so joining the site does not assure these people instant success and recognition of their products. The concept of the site is fairly simple. Entrepreneurs with small, micro and medium businesses can be included in the site listing as well as the forum, whereas strictly buy and sell businesses, can only have their thread in the forum.
Interested entrepreneurs can send an email to the admin (which is currently me) and asks to be included in the site listing.
Included in that email is a bit of a marketing pitch, where they would include images of their product or service, description and relevant information about their products/services, their contact information as well as some company profile with information on how the company started, their objectives, and maybe a bit of their vision and mission.
Then from the emails, I’d sort them out and check which could be the featured products/services for the week. Each week, there will be 3 posted in the main page of the site so people who drop by can learn about these products and if they are interested they can contact them.
A forum is in place as well to encourage people to share advices, experiences as well as other information that can help their fellow entrepreneurs. PinoyEntrep.com is a community created for Filipino entrepreneurs where they can showcase their new products and services. Its a place for all pinoy entrepreneurs to share their experiences in starting and implementing their own small businesses.
You can drop by the site and read the stickied pages to learn more in case you are interested. I’d appreciate it if you told people or communities you know who might be interested to have their product/service featured in the listing. It won’t hurt to try and get featured. Its free to join and who knows maybe it can help you get an interested buyer along the way.
I’d really appreciate feedback and suggestions. The forum is still not finished yet, I haven’t thought of other sections to add yet but I will add more to it as soon as I can. Its still not open for registrations since its still incomplete. 
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Its starting all over again.
My headaches are back. 
The other day I had to pop two pills to make it go away for a bit. I don’t know what to do again, I wasn’t able to go to class today because my head was hurting like hell and the pills I take to ease the pain make me really sleepy and weak. I slept the whole day and just woke up at 3pm. I just ate after that and went back to bed. My medications aren’t as potent as they were when I first started taking them. Sometimes it makes me think if they’re still working. I just wish I can bash my head on the wall and make the pain go away forever.
I missed a school day again. This isn’t good at all…
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I haven’t said thank you yet.
I was at the university earlier (yes we still had classes even though everyone was on vacation already), and I stayed at the library for a bit and surfed around blogs. I clicked on bluepanjeet’s icon in the MyBlogLog box below this page, and checked out the communities he has joined. (I didn’t know why either but maybe it was some sign for the exact purpose of this post.) I went through each page, until I stopped on the last one, where I got the link to Bo Sanchez‘ site.
I enjoy his works, so I was quite elated to have seen the blog. I clicked on a random entry and it seemed that it was all destined by God. In the entry, “Take Charge“, Br. Bo related the elephant story. I’ve heard of it before and was quite intrigued by the logic of it, but I never did relate it to human experiences, especially not to my own. In this story, the sad process of how elephants are tamed is told. It starts on its childhood. They are tied with strong ropes and as they try to release themselves by struggling (while failing each time it does) the thought of helplessness becomes ingrained in their minds thus making them give up trying. To them it seems futile to struggle and get out of the ropes that bind them because they will just fail. That even if these amazing creatures have the strength to free themselves now that they are older and bigger, they do not try to unbind themselves anymore. They have grown resigned to the fact that they cannot get out of the bind they are in.
So what does it have to do with this post you might ask. Its the reason this post exists. You see, I am pretty much like them, those bound elephants. I have told about my one year leave story to some people but they don’t know the struggles that came with it. I am the only one left in my block, and maybe my batch, who haven’t finished yet. I’m on my fifth year and I had no friends who were studying at the university anymore. They have graduated and started working, and I rarely have communication with them since they are all busy with their own lives now. It took its toll on me. I lost my will to continue studying. Its not easy to explain, and its even harder to understand unless you are on the same boat as me, or at least experienced it. I developed my own learned helplessness. I thought to myself that I can’t seem to do anything right, I might as well resign to failing and give up. That was my way of thinking since everyone graduated and until the early part of this term. I was on the verge of failing. I hadn’t been attending my classes (part of it was my headaches and part of it was my resignation of failing) and was feeling really sick of myself because I felt helpless. But all that changed because of a short talk I had with my 2 new friends whom I’ve gotten to know through Yahoo Messenger and Wordpress Pinoys.
It was partly Kath, but the greater bulk came from Jean. I hadn’t slept that day at all and had an early class and I was feeling shitty (Pardon my language). I felt like crying but had no one to cry to, plus I was on a conference with kath and jean. Out of the blue, I just blurted my problem to them in passing. Much to my surprise, they chastised me. Like an older sister does to her younger siblings. It didn’t dawn on me to be annoyed, instead I was elated and joyed that I cried. You see, I’m an eldest child. Being one, I have been entrusted with a responsibility for my younger siblings and most of the time I just feel tired that I always care for people but they don’t seem to care for me in return. When kath and jean confronted me and talked to me, I was overwhelmed of their reaction, that instead of them brushing me aside, they took their time to talk to me.
I talked to jean some more after kath had to leave and she helped me get through with my learned helplessness. She understood my situation, how it felt and helped me realize that there was still a chance to make up for the lost time. She made me realize that I need to unbind myself from the ropes I thought tied me down forever. That day while walking on the hallway to my classes, I was chanting, “Kaya ko toh. Kaya ko toh.” (I can do this, I can do this) since it was the mantra jean and I talked about before I showered and headed to school. I had to brace myself on the railings in the Velasco building just so I won’t chicken out and run out of the building to hide in the library again. And after that day, everything changed. I’m now attending my classes and my fear of professors has mellowed down. I don’t think of them as monsters out to fail me and I feel much much better.
So this post is my thanks to Jean and Kath. I won’t be here if you guys didn’t help me free myself from the helplessness I felt. I wouldn’t have met new friends in school if I had continued escaping from my classes, and I would not be closer to graduating if you weren’t there when I needed help the most. I thank God for introducing you to me. Though our friendship started online, I consider you my friends even if I’m offline.
Thank You.
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Blogging keeps my brain working.
I’ve recently been talking about stuffs like Miami plastic surgery of Florida and the like since I’ve been getting my post ideas from them. Having phrases ready is one good way to keep you’re head thinking and working out blog entries for the day. I’ve been actively posting lately because it helps in clearing and sharpening my mind. I’ve mentioned here about the 3 leave of absences I had before this term so my brain’s a bit rusty and needs work.
It reminded of that saying our teachers and elders keep saying when we don’t want to study. I can’t remember the exact terms, it was in Tagalog as well I think. But coming back to class after a long break made me realize that it is indeed true. Once we stop using our brains for a long time, it starts to become slow as well. We have to exercise our brain by solving puzzles, mental problems and doing other brain stimulating exercises to keep it in good condition. Otherwise you’d have a hard time adjusting back to the lessons and the fast pace of teaching in school.
Writing helps me. I think better when I write than when I speak. When I write, I mull it over. When I speak, I simply utter what flashes into my mind. I’m coherent when I write while I tend to be lost and unable to explain myself fully when I speak. I’m weird that way, though there are some days when you can catch me talking sensibly.
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Barangay Elections 2007
I did not vote. Although I promised myself I will, I wasn’t able to because I slept really late due to papers and other research works I have to do. I was really grumpy earlier when my mom woke me up, (my headaches were at it again) so I told her I won’t vote, and buried my head back into the soft recesses of my pillows and covered myself up with my favorite blanket. I woke up for lunch and after eating, I went to my parents bedroom to watch another talk show where the usual topics are about women, celebrities and snippets of Hollywood buzz like, Los Angeles liposuction, recent gossips, divorces and flings and the usual drama. I was distracted by the noise coming from outside so I peeked on the window to see what the commotion was about. It seems lots of people have flocked to wait for the results of the barangay elections.
The election precinct in our compound is very visible through the windows in my parents bedroom and its just weird since its not everyday that lots of people are in the compound. Now lots of vendors have taken the opportunity to sell their goods, especially cold drinks and steaming grilled chicken and pig parts (well mostly their insides like their intestines, liver and gizzards) to quench the thirsty and hungry poll watchers and supporters of each political candidate.
I wonder who will win as our barangay captain as well as our councilors? Hopefully those whose intentions are really of service to their constituents.
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